• Pharmacists question legality of state’s scrapped plan to distribute malaria meds for COVID-19

    Pharmacists question legality of state’s scrapped plan to distribute malaria meds for COVID-19
    Questions are surfacing about whether Utah officials budgeted $8 million and spent weeks brainstorming for a plan to mass distribute malaria drugs in violation of state and federal law.Gov. Gary Herbert last week said officials are scrapping plans to stockpile the medication — an unproven treatment for COVID-19 — and might seek a refund of the $800,000 they had already shelled out for 20,000 doses of the drug from the pharmacy chain, Meds in Motion. It was an abrupt about-face, comin
  • Nathan Tanner: Taking responsibility for the inequality facing the Navajo Nation

    Nathan Tanner: Taking responsibility for the inequality facing the Navajo Nation
    As has been widely reported, the Navajo Nation has lost more to coronavirus than 13 states combined. As of this writing, Navajo Nation has 1,206 coronavirus cases and 48 deaths. This is not, however, due to lack of testing, as they have in fact been more aggressive in combatting COVID-19 than other locales across the country.While some news organizations claim that poverty in tribal communities created the conditions for coronavirus to thrive, these analyses fail to account for factors that crea
  • Bankers scold SBA as coronavirus relief loan system crashes in flood of applications

    Bankers scold SBA as coronavirus relief loan system crashes in flood of applications
    Minutes after a $310 billion aid program for small companies opened for business Monday, the online portal for submitting applications crashed. And it kept crashing all day, much to the frustration of bankers around the country who were trying — and failing — to apply on behalf of desperate clients.Some bankers were so irritated that they vented on social media at the Small Business Administration, which is running the program. Rob Nichols, chief executive of the American Bankers Ass
  • Tribes urge Treasury to disburse coronavirus relief funding

    Tribes urge Treasury to disburse coronavirus relief funding
    Flagstaff, Ariz. • Tribes urged the federal government to quickly disburse coronavirus relief funding after a judge handed them an early victory in a case centered on who is eligible for a share of the $8 billion allocated to tribes.U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington ruled in favor of the tribes late Monday in their bid to keep Alaska Native corporations from getting any of the money — at least for now. The decision clears the U.S. Treasury Department to send payments to 574
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  • What if the Utah Jazz had drafted Devin Booker in 2015?

    What if the Utah Jazz had drafted Devin Booker in 2015?
    What if the Utah Jazz had opted to pick Devin Booker 12th overall in the 2015 draft as opposed to Trey Lyles? How would things be different for the franchise today? Back in June of 2015, the Utah Jazz were entering a (somewhat) pivotal offseason. The team had just shocked the world by finishing 19-10 […]
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  • Live coronavirus updates for Tuesday, April 28: Utah is moving to a lower risk level on Friday, Gov. Gary Herbert says; State reports four new deaths.

    Live coronavirus updates for Tuesday, April 28: Utah is moving to a lower risk level on Friday, Gov. Gary Herbert says; State reports four new deaths.
    Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Tuesday, April 28. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]———1:45 p.m.: Utah is moving to a lower risk level, Gov.
  • Wyoming tribes face unique challenges in coronavirus fight

    Wyoming tribes face unique challenges in coronavirus fight
    Casper, Wyo. • Amid a severe shortage of housing for tribal members on the Wind River Reservation, a new challenge has further illustrated the crisis the tribes face: the coronavirus.While both the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes have recently been awarded grants to build more housing, the money won’t come close to fixing the problem, and it won’t help as the tribes deal with the more immediate challenge of mitigating the spread of COVID-19. Twenty-three new cases h
  • Julie Stewart and Leonel Nieto: Not everyone can weather this storm the same way

    Julie Stewart and Leonel Nieto: Not everyone can weather this storm the same way
    For many Utahns, the coronavirus pandemic has meant working from home, caring for kids and trying to remain sane when most outlets for fun, recreation and socializing are closed. But this reality is far from universal.Two months ago, Dolores — a mother of three — worked six days a week cleaning office buildings and operating the cash register at a local restaurant. Her husband, Alberto, kept busy running a lawn care service and doing maintenance for the apartment building complex whe
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  • Live coronavirus updates for Tuesday, April 28: Utah reports four new deaths; Salt Lake County says restrictions will ease soon.

    Live coronavirus updates for Tuesday, April 28: Utah reports four new deaths; Salt Lake County says restrictions will ease soon.
    Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Tuesday, April 28. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]———12:50 p.m.: Utah reports four new deaths The Utah Dep
  • Creative arts during the coronavirus: finding solace, joy in dangerous times

    Creative arts during the coronavirus: finding solace, joy in dangerous times
    Their reasons may differ, but crafters agree: Makers gotta make. Those who create things by hand — who weld, weave, play in clay or paints — are pursuing their passions the best they can during the coronavirus pandemic.The creative arts are soothing, fill time, and keep our minds and hands busy."This is what makes us human," says Melanie Falick, author of the recent "Making a Life: Working by Hand and Discovering the Life You Are Meant to Live" (Artisan).Falick, a longtime craft book
  • Utah Attorney General suspends state contract with Banjo in light of founder’s KKK past

    Utah Attorney General suspends state contract with Banjo in light of founder’s KKK past
    Washington • The Utah Attorney General’s Office will suspend use of a massive surveillance system after a news report showed that the founder of the company behind the effort was once an active participant in a white supremacist group and was involved in the shooting of a synagogue.Damien Patton, who helped launch and now leads the secretive Park City-based startup Banjo, was part of the Dixie Knights of the Ku Klux Klan as a 17 year old and joined a leader of the group in a drive-by
  • Gordon Monson: The NBA is a beacon in a dark coronavirus storm

    Gordon Monson: The NBA is a beacon in a dark coronavirus storm
    The NBA is as eager as any organization, sports or otherwise, to get back to business as quickly as possible in the coronavirus era. But even as questions loom about the best way to move forward, commissioner Adam Silver and his lieutenants are harnessing, teaming the public’s safety right alongside that ambition to get started again.For good reason, beyond the humanity of it all.If the league were too quick to press on, putting business interests ahead of the health of its players, coache
  • A coronavirus vaccine Q&A — Can we fast track it? How will it work?

    A coronavirus vaccine Q&A — Can we fast track it? How will it work?
    Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.I’m not sure I’ve read a phrase more often over the past two months than “until there’s a vaccine.”We are now preparing to take small steps toward our old lives. We’re letting some businesses reo
  • ‘Big Dawg’ Antoine Carr still working hard, having fun more than 20 years after NBA Finals runs with Utah Jazz

    ‘Big Dawg’ Antoine Carr still working hard, having fun more than 20 years after NBA Finals runs with Utah Jazz
    Utah’s Antoine Carr blocks a shot by Dennis Rodman during Game 6 of the NBA Finals at the Delta Center, June 14, 1998. | Chuck Wing, Deseret NewsAs has already been made clear on ESPN’s multipart documentary “The Last Dance” about the Chicago Bulls, the Utah Jazz were one of the best teams in the NBA in the late 1990s.
    Sure, they were led by Hall of Famers Karl Malone and John Stockton as they made the franchise’s only runs to the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998, but i
  • Banjo founder’s KKK past spurs Utah Attorney General to review surveillance system contract

    Banjo founder’s KKK past spurs Utah Attorney General to review surveillance system contract
    Washington • The Utah Attorney General’s Office plans to “fully review” a massive state contract for a surveillance system after a news report showed that the founder of the company behind the effort was once an active participant in a white supremacist group and was involved in the shooting of a synagogue.Damien Patton, who helped launch and now leads the secretive Park City-based startup Banjo, was part of the Dixie Knights of the Ku Klux Klan as a 17 year old and joined
  • Utah State football announces three game series with Oregon, with Ducks visiting Logan in 2028

    Utah State football announces three game series with Oregon, with Ducks visiting Logan in 2028
    The Utah State football team announced Tuesday that it will play a three game series against the University of Oregon from 2027-2029.The Aggies will travel to Eugene, Oregon to play the Ducks on Sept. 18, 2027, and Sept. 15, 2029. Utah State will host Oregon at Maverik Stadium on Sept. 16, 2028.The last time the Aggies faced the Ducks was in 2008 in a game Oregon won 66-24. The only time the Aggies have played a home game against the Ducks, USU lost 38-21.Oregon is 4-0 all-time against USU.Utah
  • With or without Both Gach, next season’s Utah basketball roster will be more experienced and more talented

    With or without Both Gach, next season’s Utah basketball roster will be more experienced and more talented
    On the evening of April 6, University of Utah sophomore guard Both Gach announced he was declaring for the NBA Draft, with the intention of testing the waters and maintaining his college eligibility.Late Sunday evening, the deadline for early entrants to submit their names for the draft pool came and went. The NBA’s official list of early entrants will be released this week. Gach’s name will be on it, so with the deadline to remove your name and maintain NCAA eligibility looming on J
  • Price gouging complaint claims state overpaid for malaria meds

    Price gouging complaint claims state overpaid for malaria meds
    A watchdog group has filed a price gouging complaint against a Utah pharmacist who sold 20,000 packets of a malaria drug to the state for $800,000 in the battle against COVID-19.The Alliance for a Better Utah, a government accountability organization that advocates on progressive issues, asked state consumer protection officials to investigate the purchase from the pharmacy, Meds in Motion.“Price gouging is an exploitative and unethical practice, especially during a time of crisis or emerg
  • Missing Utah girl is found

    Missing Utah girl is found
    A 13-year-old Utah girl who was missing and considered endangered has been found.The Millard County Sheriff’s Office reported Tuesday morning that Taline Meguerditchian was located in Provo, and canceled their alert.
  • Utah Attorney General to review contract for surveillance system in light of founder’s KKK past

    Utah Attorney General to review contract for surveillance system in light of founder’s KKK past
    Washington • The Utah Attorney General’s Office plans to “fully review” a massive state contract for a surveillance system after a news report showed that the founder of the company behind the effort was once an active participant in a white supremacist group and was involved in the shooting of a synagogue.Damien Patton, who helped launch and now leads the secretive Park City-based startup Banjo, was part of the Dixie Knights of the Ku Klux Klan as a 17 year old and joined
  • Republican gubernatorial candidate Jan Garbett gets a second shot at the primary ballot

    Republican gubernatorial candidate Jan Garbett gets a second shot at the primary ballot
    Utah businesswoman Jan Garbett has a second chance to appear on the Republican primary ballot for governor this June, after a judge Monday ordered a lowering in the threshold for the number of signatures she’d need in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.If enough of the 21,000 or so signatures she attempted to submit to the lieutenant governor’s office earlier this month are verified, that would turn the primary race into a five-way contest among Republicans. And it would make Garbett the
  • New renderings of LDS Church’s Tooele Valley Temple show nods to history and area flowers

    New renderings of LDS Church’s Tooele Valley Temple show nods to history and area flowers
    The interior of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ temple near Tooele will highlight the area’s history and native flowers, based on artists’ renderings released Tuesday.The temple will be built northwest of the intersection of Erda Way and Highway 36 in Erda, in Tooele County. Church President Russell M. Nelson announced plans for the temple in April 2019. No date for groundbreaking has been set.“These beautiful renderings depict the care and attention to d
  • List India as a top religious freedom violator, says watchdog group

    List India as a top religious freedom violator, says watchdog group
    India, which recently passed legislation that experts say is detrimental to Muslims, should be placed on the U.S. government’s list of most egregious religious freedom violators, a watchdog agency says in its new report.The Citizenship Amendment Act, passed in December by the Parliament in majority-Hindu India, violates religious freedom especially for Muslims, said the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom in its annual report released Tuesday.While the law gives Hindus and r
  • Where Americans live far from the emergency room

    Where Americans live far from the emergency room
    Even though there are about 5,250 acute care and critical access hospitals in the U.S. that offers the kind of inpatient medical care needed to treat patients who have the coronavirus, in large parts of the country, it is hard to reach one. About 8.6 million people live in these places.As the coronavirus outbreak spreads into rural parts of the U.S., more people who live far from a hospital are increasingly likely to need one. That poses challenges for communities where hospitals are scarce and
  • Live coronavirus updates for Tuesday, April 28: You’ll need a face mask to fly JetBlue; Hill Air Force Base jets plan flyover salute.

    Live coronavirus updates for Tuesday, April 28: You’ll need a face mask to fly JetBlue; Hill Air Force Base jets plan flyover salute.
    Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Tuesday, April 28. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]———9 a.m.: Hill Air Force Base F-35A team will fly over
  • Judge sides with tribes, limits distribution of coronavirus relief

    Judge sides with tribes, limits distribution of coronavirus relief
    Flagstaff, Ariz. • A judge has ruled in favor of tribal nations in their bid to keep Alaska Native corporations from getting a share of $8 billion in coronavirus relief funding — at least for now.In a decision issued late Monday, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, D.C., said the U.S. Treasury Department could begin disbursing funding to 574 federally recognized tribes to respond to the coronavirus but not to the corporations.The ruling comes in a case brought by at least 15
  • The 1996-97 Utah Jazz are champions after all. Here’s how — and what — that legendary team won

    The 1996-97 Utah Jazz are champions after all. Here’s how — and what — that legendary team won
    Utah Jazz forward Karl Malone gets a hug and a head slap at the end of the game from Jeff Hornacek, left, and Stephen Howard in Game 2 of the second-round series in the NBA playoffs against the Los Angeles Lakers on May 6, 1997. | Kristan Jacobsen, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz couldn’t beat the Chicago Bulls for an NBA championship in the late 1990s as fans are painfully being reminded weekly with the airing of Michael Jordan’s documentary “The Last Dance.&
  • Live coronavirus updates for Tuesday, April 28: You’ll need a face mask to fly JetBlue; Davis County bans open fires due to pandemic

    Live coronavirus updates for Tuesday, April 28: You’ll need a face mask to fly JetBlue; Davis County bans open fires due to pandemic
    Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Tuesday, April 28. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]———8:55 a.m.: JetBlue is 1st airline to require passenge
  • Utah Jazz: Once deemed an afterthought, Emmanuel Mudiay was a FA steal

    Utah Jazz: Once deemed an afterthought, Emmanuel Mudiay was a FA steal
    When he first signed with the Utah Jazz, Emmanuel Mudiay was viewed more as a developmental piece. His improvement accelerated and made him one of Utah’s best additions. Remember back in July when the Utah Jazz made a boatload of signings viewed to the public as A+ moves? First, it was Bojan Bogdanovic, signing a […]
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  • Trump says virus testing ‘not a problem,’ but doubts persist

    Trump says virus testing ‘not a problem,’ but doubts persist
    Washington • The White House released new guidelines Monday aimed at answering criticism that America’s coronavirus testing has been too slow, and President Donald Trump tried to pivot toward a focus on “reopening” the nation.Still, there were doubts from public health experts that the White House’s new testing targets were sufficient.Monday’s developments were meant to fill critical gaps in White House plans to begin easing restrictions, ramping up testing for
  • Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant documented his final NBA season, too

    Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant documented his final NBA season, too
    Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant enters Vivint Arena before the Utah Jazz-Lakers game in Salt Lake City on Monday, March 28, 2016. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News Will Kobe Bryant have a series like ‘The Last Dance’ on ESPN? It’s possibleKobe Bryant might receive his own “The Last Dance” treatment, as the Los Angeles Lakers star reportedly filmed behind-the-scenes moments for his final season, according to ESPN.
    What’s going on:
    According to ESPN, a film crew
  • Charles M. Blow: Lying is Trump’s super power

    Charles M. Blow: Lying is Trump’s super power
    After Donald Trump’s ridiculous and dangerous suggestion last week that household disinfectants injected into people’s bodies might be a treatment for COVID-19, Republicans intensified their hand-wringing over whether his daily briefings were doing more harm — to his political fortunes and theirs — than good.The coronavirus has completely reshaped the coming election. The economy is in dire straits. Trump’s polls have taken a dip. People are anxious and afraid. The
  • Letter: Republicans are jealous of Ben McAdams

    Letter: Republicans are jealous of Ben McAdams
    Regarding the article “GOP candidates agree: McAdams needs to go and Trump is great,” (April 24), the real reason is simple. They’re jealous.Not being a Republican politician, kissing Trump’s butt on a daily basis is not part of Rep. Ben McAdams’ job description.Gary D. Ruiz, MurraySubmit a letter to the editor
  • Letter: Follow the experts on COVID-19

    Letter: Follow the experts on COVID-19
    For those of you who believe your rights are violated because of COVID-19 shelter-in-place requirements, consider this:• Recent polls show 80% of Americans, including 70% of Republicans, favor nationwide shelter-in-place. Despite disproportionate media attention, only 9% of Americans oppose shelter-in place.• The coronavirus is far more deadly than the seasonal flu.The current national COVID death rate is 5.4%, more than 50 times the flu death rate of about 0.1%, controlled in large pa
  • Letter: Coronavirus is no reason to ban abortions

    Letter: Coronavirus is no reason to ban abortions
    Some states have been prohibiting abortions as part of their restrictions on non-essential medical services. Given the short window mothers have to abort a fetus, any restrictions on abortions as non-required procedures are wrong.One way or another, that child is coming out, and will impact the health care system, so shouldn’t the option be given to the mother who is carrying and has to care for the child as to when and how?If states are going to prohibit abortions as non-essential procedu
  • Paul Krugman: Peacocks and vultures are circling the deficit

    Paul Krugman: Peacocks and vultures are circling the deficit
    Almost a decade has passed since I published a column, “Myths of Austerity,” warning that deficit alarmism would delay recovery from the Great Recession — which it did. Unfortunately, that kind of alarmism seems to be making a comeback.You can see that comeback in the gradually increasing number of news analyses emphasizing how much debt we’ll run up dealing with the COVID-19 crisis. You can also see it in the rhetoric of politicians like Mitch McConnell, the Senate major
  • Five residents from one Utah retirement community died from coronavirus, director says

    Five residents from one Utah retirement community died from coronavirus, director says
    Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.The operators of a Salt Lake County assisted living center confirmed Monday that five of its residents had died from the coronavirus.The deaths are among at least 19 COVID-19 infections at Highland Cove Retirement Community, 3750 S
  • Dozens of Argentine students face uncertainty after being stranded in Utah

    Dozens of Argentine students face uncertainty after being stranded in Utah
    Valeria Muñiz began her work exchange program in Park City full of hope and wonder as she traveled to a new country from her home in Argentina. She was excited to spend the season working at a restaurant in the Canyons Village Resort.The 21-year-old joined several other Argentine students in Park City on exchange who came to the United States to work for a period between college semesters to gain experience and see a new country. Life was good for all of them until the pandemic shuttered
  • Utah ranks No. 7 for census response — and more reminders are coming by mail

    Utah ranks No. 7 for census response — and more reminders are coming by mail
    Utah ranks No. 7 in the nation for residents responding so far to the once-every-decade census — and those who have yet to do so are about to receive more by-mail reminders.Census data released Monday shows that 58.7% of Utah households have responded so far, compared to a national average of 53.4%.The highest response rate nationally is 64% in Minnesota, while the lowest is 35.6% in Alaska.About 79 million households have responded nationally, including 700,000 in Utah, the Census Bureau
  • Utah coal mine seeks to expand its operations. Critics question why feds would allow it.

    Utah coal mine seeks to expand its operations. Critics question why feds would allow it.
    Its corporate parent might be in bankruptcy protection fighting off impatient creditors, but a Utah coal producer is seeking to expand its federal lease holdings by 5,500 acres around an Emery County mine.The Bureau of Land Management last week released an environmental review of the first of two proposed leases sought by UtahAmerican Energy that would extend the life of the Lila Canyon Mine, whose current reserves under lease are expected to run out in 2026 at current production levels. Up to 9
  • Robert Kirby: My moment in the sun and the trials of fair-weather quarantining

    Robert Kirby: My moment in the sun and the trials of fair-weather quarantining
    Saturday was gorgeous. It was also my granddaughter Brylie’s 16th birthday. Due to the pandemic, she couldn’t have a party. She stood forlornly at the curb and waved while family members and her cheer-squad friends drove past.The day wasn’t a total loss. The last car didn’t continue on. Instead, it pulled into the driveway and stopped. “Maze Runner” heartthrob Dylan O’Brien got out, gave Bry a million-dollar ring and swept her off her feet.OK, not really
  • Letter: What have you got to lose? Everything.

    Letter: What have you got to lose? Everything.
    The president has repeatedly claimed, with zero supporting clinical research, that hydroxychloroquine can cure COVID-19, and repeatedly urging, “What have you got to lose?”The FDA has now reported that hydroxychloroquine is worse than ineffective; it’s potentially deadly.Yet our Legislature, dominated by Trump loyalists, is pressing forward on distributing this drug and spending a lot of our money to buy it.We must not forget this in November.Seth Jarvis, Salt Lake CitySubmit a
  • Letter: Republicans are ignoring climate change

    Letter: Republicans are ignoring climate change
    I’m a lifelong Republican and I’m disappointed that more Republicans politicians aren’t taking action to mitigate climate change.I was a delegate at the 2018 and 2020 Republican conventions. I received over a hundred emails from the Republicans candidates. In 2018, two of these candidates implied that humans were not causing climate change and the rest of the 2018 candidates did not address this issue. In 2020, only one candidate mentioned climate change but he mentioned it to
  • Letter: Other ways to stay safe during pandemic

    Letter: Other ways to stay safe during pandemic
    During this pandemic, we nurses have received an outpouring of praise. You have sent us kind notes, fed us and drawn heartfelt messages with sidewalk chalk. We are incredibly grateful for your support.Some ask how you can support us during this time. Here’s my answer: Keep us safe. And I don’t just mean by social distancing.As a nurse — an essential employee whose job it is to keep our community healthy — it’s important that I stay safe so that I can work through th
  • Letter: Is there a Trump decoder ring?

    Letter: Is there a Trump decoder ring?
    Whenever I read a quote, read a tweet or watch an actual video of something so obviously false or ridiculous that President Trump has put forth (recent case in point: disinfectants and bright lights), I am amazed — or should I say confused — that many of his supporters defend him with the following:1. By far the most popular: “It’s fake news.” Even when documented with visual proof.2. Next is “He was misquoted.” Kind of a subset of the “fake news&r
  • Letter: Focus on the election

    Letter: Focus on the election
    With the coronavirus pandemic threatening the nation, how and when will people be able to focus on the 2020 general election?During this period of national suffering and mourning, will our country’s normally apathetic voters become more politically aware? Will the American public recognize the president’s daily press conferences for what they really are: blustering, pernicious, perfidious, self-aggrandizing campaign propaganda?Will the reality of the damage done by the incompetence,
  • Ken Lougee: I have faith that our lives will change for the better

    Ken Lougee: I have faith that our lives will change for the better
    It is the last Sunday in April. Like most days for the past five weeks, I am sitting on my wife’s sofa, pecking at my laptop. Fortunately, I can work from home.Like most people these days, I face the near future with some uncertainty. We missed baseball’s opening day. But these are unusual times.I have experienced good in this pandemic. The days are warmer and the trees have blossomed. A walk outdoors has never felt better. But the human side of the pandemic has impressed me.I have h
  • Commentary: We need a new kind of National Guard, one that mobilizes scientists

    Commentary: We need a new kind of National Guard, one that mobilizes scientists
    In normal times, clinical microbiologists are often invisible. They’re hidden away in hospital laboratories developing and overseeing diagnostic tests, and so are the bench technologists who run those tests. That’s different now. These scientists are on the front lines of the pandemic, testing patients’ samples for the coronavirus. But there are not enough of them.In 2016, the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicted we needed 12,000 new clinical laboratory professionals each year
  • Live coronavirus updates for Monday, April 27: Lab plans to expand testing; county offers pet food pantry

    Live coronavirus updates for Monday, April 27: Lab plans to expand testing; county offers pet food pantry
    Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Monday, April 27. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]9 p.m.: Utah’s ARUP Laboratories plans expanded testingARUP Laborator
  • Live coronavirus updates for Monday, April 27: Utah’s ARUP lab reaches 40,000-test mark, ramps up capacity

    Live coronavirus updates for Monday, April 27: Utah’s ARUP lab reaches 40,000-test mark, ramps up capacity
    Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Monday, April 27. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]9 p.m.: Utah’s ARUP Laboratories plans expanded testingARUP Laborator

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